Old Hanford City Site and the Columbia River, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, near Richland, Washington

1986

Emmet Gowin

Associated Names
Emmet Gowin

Artist, American, born 1941

The image shows an aerial view of a landscape with a river running through it. The river flows from the foreground towards the horizon. The horizon is high in the frame, offering a wide view of the terrain. The land surrounding the river is barren with faint grid-like patterns. The terrain transitions from plains to rolling hills in the distance. The color palette is mainly gray, giving the image a timeless quality. The terrain looks textured and worn, with contrasts between light reflections on the river and the darker landscape.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jane P. Watkins

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 × 24.3 cm (9 5/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.2 × 27.7 cm (14 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.185.13

  • Series Title

    Changing the Earth

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Emmet Gowin, Newton, PA; (Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York), 2015; NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Reynolds, Jock. Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth: Aerial Photographs. New Haven, 2002: 2.

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower center in graphite: Emmet Gowin; by artist, top left in graphite: Old 4 [arrow] 3; top center: apo 20 @5.6 +; upper right in graphite: [sketch of image with illegible printer's notes]; lower center in graphite: Old Hanford City Site and the Columbia River, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, near Richland, Washington, 1986; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: EG.118.18

Wikidata ID

Q64147373

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